…Okay, here we go with the solution to the Sea Star Legs Challenge.…Well when you just do a quick visual evaluation of this image, we've got a…really nice pair of sea star legs here, which is a really nice geometric shape.…But it's against a background which has some texture and fabric to it as well.…And there's not a lot of great tonal difference between these two.…So we've got some nice shapes and textures here, and we'd like…to, you know, emphasize the sea star legs and de-emphasize the background.…

But we do have, the good news is, we do have some color contrast here, right?…Between the sea star legs and the background?…Looks like the sea star legs are bluer.…Let's look at the RGB values: 134, 130, 145, 138, 136, 151.…The blue is pretty high here which is good.…Then the background, red and green are high, 145, 131, and the blue is low.…So we'll probably be working on the yellow back here and maybe the…blue and, maybe a little bit of magenta for the sea star legs.…And that bodes very well for us, doesn't it?…

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7/14/2014

Photographers like Ansel Adams taught us to look differently at nature: not in terms of color, but instead emphasizing tone and contrast. Converting images to black-and-white reveals these hidden depths of composition and focus a viewer's attention on forms, textures, and fabrics. In this course, Taz Tally teaches you how to use modern techniques to transform color images into majestic black-and-white landscapes, using the modern photographer's favorite tool: Photoshop. Learn how to evaluate images with the Info tool, convert RGB color images using Photoshop's time-saving black-and-white presets, and make more advanced adjustments with the black-and-white custom sliders, masks, and adjustment layers. Plus, learn finishing techniques, like sharpening, that will make your images look their best when it comes time to print.